Sunday 13 October 2024

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Bandekar quits BJP to join Cong

Former information minister Sanjay Bandekar, who was dropped from the Bharatiya Janata Party cabinet on Thursday, today quit the saffron brigade to join back the Congress, which he had left in October 2000. READ

Cong challenges Assembly polls

The chief election commission has begun preparations for fresh Assembly elections, while the opposition Congress here has approached the court to stall the process of notifying poll process. READ

Minister Bandekar dropped, denied BJP ticket

Following one minister quitting the cabinet and the saffron party last month, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party dropped another minister today, on the eve of Assembly elections. The drama has begun after the House was ... READ

EC I-cards must for Assembly polls?

If all goes well, photo identity cards issued by the Election Commission of India may be made compulsory for the Goa Assembly polls, scheduled to be held here shortly, for the first time in the ... READ

Luizinho-Jalmi challenge ordinance

Two former state opposition leaders, belonging to the Congress and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, have challenged the ordinance issued by the state governor, allowing the BJP government to utilise public revenue through the contingency fund. READ

Guv issues ordinance for contingency

At last, amidst controversy, Governor Mohammed Fazal issued an ordinance, increasing limit of the contingency fund by over hundred folds. READ

Power tariff reduced

Unlike several states in the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party government here has reduced the power tariff from April, while fresh Assembly polls are ahead. READ

Defectors or winners?

Almost all the political parties in Goa are caught up in a quandary over giving tickets to habitual and professional defectors while winnability also becomes the ultimate criteria to win the forthcoming Assembly elections READ

BJP national meet in Goa

Eyeing on the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state probably by May end, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party here has managed to shift its national executive meeting from Pune to Goa, from 12 to 14 ... READ

Opp warns Guv over ordinance

Though the issue has remained in the background with spate of incidents in Ahmedabad and Ayodhya, opposition parties in Goa have alleged that the ruling BJP's act here is an issue of equally serious concern ... READ

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